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This week, diplomats gathered at the United Nations in New York will adopt a document outlining the future of global drug policy — a text that may have been better in the eyes of many advocates if it weren't for one country: Russia.

On the 26th of June the Andrey Rylkov Foundation for Health and Social Justice (ARF), together with the representatives from the Eurasian Network of People Who Use Drugs (ENPUD) took part in the international “Support. Don't punish” campaign.

At a recent parliamentary hearing on the drug problem in Russia, Irina Yarovaya, head of the State Duma Committee on Security, called the Internet the “main supplier of drug related information” and suggested strengthening the fight against drugs online. She also suggested that all civil servants, police officers and other “security” professions undergo mandatory drug testing; this includes job applicants.

On 3 February 2012, the Moscow Directorate of the Federal Drug Control Service has shut down our website. The Andrey Rylkov Foundation addressed the Russian drug czar in an open letter and demands the respect of its right to freedom of expression